Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2020.06.10 (Wed)

【#686】Remembering Saburo Tsukamoto, Militant Liberalist

June 8, 2020 　 Not a small number of people still misunderstand the defunct Democratic Socialist Party as positioned between the conservative Liberal Democratic Party and the leftist former Japan So...

2020.06.03 (Wed)

【#685】Vague Diplomacy Originates from “Yoshida Doctrine”

June 1, 2020 　 About a half century ago, Britain’s Economist magazine made a bit of a topic by describing Japan’s diplomacy as “judo diplomacy,” pointing out that Japan pulls back when pressed and m...

2019.12.24 (Tue)

【#644】Amending Constitution is the Only Way to Cope with Great Transition

December 23, 2019 　 The year 2019 saw a great transition in the world’s postwar regime. It does not matter whether the transition is right or wrong, or whether it meets the established values or not...

2019.08.20 (Tue)

【#614】Constitution’s Article 9 Impedes Japan-U.S. Alliance

August 19, 2019 　 On the 74th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War, I feel that the world is entering a new phase as the international situation has been reversed since years just after the war...

2019.07.03 (Wed)

【#604】Japan Should Wake Up to “Third Black Ship Arrival”

July 1, 2019 　　　　　　　　　　“Japan’s fate was changed by the United States twice in history - the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry’s black ship in 1853 and Japan’s defeat by the U.S. in World War I...

2019.05.08 (Wed)

【#590】Japan with Imperial Fever Alone Could Be Ridiculed

May 7, 2019 　　　　　While the meaning of Japan’s new imperial era name “Reiwa” still remains controversial, I would like to leave experts to argue about it. Here, I would like to make two other point...

2019.04.10 (Wed)

【#585】Power Balance Changes Due to Decline of Europe

April 8, 2019 　　　　　Andrew Small, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, has praised the European Union for being united against China’s economic offensive in Europe at i...

2019.03.28 (Thu)

【#581】G7 Divided over China’s BRI

March 25, 2019 　　　　　China’s attempt to include Europe into its Belt and Road Initiative to create a giant economic zone has apparently gained momentum. During a visit to Italy to launch a European...

2019.01.29 (Tue)

【#569】Japan-Russia Rapprochement Is Not Kids Game

January 28, 2019 　　　　　Japan-Russia peace treaty negotiations promoted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are reportedly based on an unprecedented strategic vision. In a recent speech at a think tank in ...

2018.12.25 (Tue)

【#564】2018 World Characterized by Offensive America and Defensive China

December 25, 2018 　　　　　Looking back international developments in the past year, the most significant movement affecting Japan’s fate might be that predictors of future U.S.-China relations have f...